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Muggaccinos.com The Bullsheet
4th Linger & Die to the Upper Hunter - Sat 9 Oct '10 to Tues 12 Oct '10 - limited to 8 cyclists unless someone in addition to Scott aka PatternMaker offers their vehicle as a support car to carry o'nite stuff incl the tents of a few who are camping Three options: (i) four days cycling as listed in below table; or (ii) if you can't jag Tues off work - catch train back from Morisset to Hornsby on Monday arvo; or (iii) if you can't jag Monday off work - cycle back to Hornsby from Wollombi on Sunday and we will return your o'nite bag later that week Our inaugural Linger and Die ride to the Upper Hunter in Dec '01 attracted 9. Muggs' 2nd L&D in 2002 attracted 11 cyclists. 17 signed-on for #3 in 2003. Other cycle w'ends forced this delightful ride to the Upper Hunter onto the back-burner. However, Scott aka PatternMaker, who is providing his Ute as the Support Vehicle/Sag Wagon, has asked for L&D to be de-mothballed.
If you have to work on Tues 28 Sept, there are 7 trains from Morisset station back to Berowra and Hornsby stations between 10:07am and 4:07pm on the Monday, 24 Sept. So you can join us for 3 or 4 days cycling. # Day Date Ride route Distance Staying In
Commence from - * Either Hornsby station carpark in Jersey St from 8am (after trains from Northern line arrive at Hornsby at 7:47am or 8:05 or 8:19am) after you load your o'nite bag onto a Sag Wagon, but beware the traffic from Hornsby to Sth Cowan on route to F3 may be heavy; or * Berowra station carpark from 8:30am (after 7:50am train from Hornsby pulls-in at 8:07am or after 8:20am train from Hornsby pulls-in at 8:37am) after you load your o'night bag into a Sag Wagon.
If you need to return to Berowra
station, change trains at Wyong to catch a train stopping at Berowra
station, or cycle from Hornsby back up to Berowra.
If interested cyclists exceeds 8, we require a 2nd Support Vehicle / Sag Wagons (support car with cycle racks) to carry our over night bags. Each Sag Wagon will hold an ave of 8 o'nite bags. Each cyclist contributes $12 ($14 if camping) to aggregate up to $94 min per car to cover gas and wear 'n tear. Payable before you load your stuff in the trunk. Cyclists will again share the driving with each cyclist driving approx. 30km legs. At least one Support Vehicle must remain behind the last cyclist throughout the four days, so we always provide a Sag Wagon.
Below are details of camping, B&B, motel and hotel accommodation at our 3 o'nite stops of Wollombi, Paterson and Morisset.
Friday night at Wollombi: Wollombi Tavern 4998.3261 No internal accommodation, but "the watering hole" to drink with the locals on Friday night. The Tavern is comfortable with us pitching 4 or 5 tents out back of the pub, so long as we don't set-'em-up 'til approaching dusk, so we encourage some of you to pick a B&B from below.
Cody's Cottage
Bob's Lodge - 200m from Wollombi - high quality / highish price 4998.3182
Avoca House 1.5km on the Cessnock side of Wollombi Road
2km from Wollombi - $70 per person per night. Sleeps 8 Mulla Villa Guesthouse 3176 Great Northern Rd, Wollombi 4998.3254ph 4998.3286fax B&B $135 per head. 1.2km before Wollombi (Host: Caroline) khahn@ozemail.com.au
Capers Luxury Guesthouse
Sunday night at Paterson: Camping No official camp ground. However, Ray aka KitchenSink camped in the park on the banks of the Paterson River 4 years ago (300m from the centre of town), and no one objected. Paterson is as quiet as a church mouse. Mary- Ann from the Paterson Tavern informs that we can camp at the Paterson Sportsground located 1km Nth of town centre (over the railway line then turn L to school, pre-school and Sportsground - Book thru Robert Booth 4938.5029 to gain access to the toilets/shower at modest camping fees).
“Old Punt House”
CBC Bank Bed and Breakfast
Courthouse Hotel
The Rileys B&B Monday night at Morisset: The Bay Hotel/Motel - 500m East of Morisset - see map 330 Fishery Point Road, East Morisset - 4973 3177 - $110 per double or twin room ($55 p/h) Lake Macquarie Hotel - centre of town - see map
83 Dora St, Morisset - 4973.1466 Nentoura Road, Morisset (02) 4973.1402 - 1km Nth of Morisset twds Dora Creek Lake Macquarie Village & Tourist Park 1a Stockton Street, Morisset (02) 4973.1883 - centre of Morisset
In 2000, Simmo, aka The Enforcer, with "No Hill is to High" and "No Mountain too Mean" firmly inculcated in his noggin, noticed a new conquest from Column 8 in the SMH – extracted below where a local, Peter Olsen, describes Linger And Die Hill, between Dungog and Gloucester in the Upper Hunter Valley, as “so sheer that if bullock wagons stopped during the climb, they couldn't get under way again”. Simmo ‘phoned up Peter Olsen to suss out the Hill, whereupon he spoke to Ms. Peta Olsen who described it as “a tough mile and a half”: Below is Column 8 in the SMH on 29 June 2000
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